A Ray of Hope, Amid the Gloom

October 2018

Amidst the chaos seen in the power sector, with 22,000 MW thermal power projects lying idle for the need of coal or gas and lenders taking power gene...

Tags: NCLT, Transmission, Coal, Gas, Power, Thermal power projects, ISTS, Green energy corridors, REMC, Standing Committee, Energy, Transmission, Raj Prabhu, Mercom Capital Group, Saubhagya Scheme

Punjab may fire up units at Ropar plant

August 2018

With the demand for power rising up to 12,500 MW, the Punjab Government has decided to restart the operations at two thermal units of Ropar power pla...

Tags: Power, Punjab Government, Ropar power plant, Bathinda thermal power plant

India's first AUSC power plant at Sipat

July 2018

India's first advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plant will be set up at Sipat station of NTPC in Chhattisgarh. ...

Tags: Ultra-supercritical thermal power plant, NTPC, BHEL, Equipment, R&D, AUSC technology

JSW Energy acquire JSPL power plant

July 2018

JSW Energy announced that the company had entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement to acquire the 1,000 MW ...

Tags: JSW, thermal power plant, Jindal Steel & Power, JSPL

India's first AUSC power plant to come up in Chhattisgarh

July 2018

India's first advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plant would be set up in the Sipat station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) ...

Tags: National Thermal Power Corporation, NTPC, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, IGCAR, BHEL

Andhra Pradesh proposes generation of 2,560 MW by 2022

June 2018

The Andhra Pradesh Government has plans to generate additional 2,560 MW of power by FY2022 to meet the anticipated load growth, though it has surplus...

Tags: Andhra Pradesh Government, Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project

State-owned power plants resume coal imports

June 2018

State-run thermal power plants in India's coastal states have begun buying overseas coal due to domestic coal shortage....

Tags: Thermal power plants, Domestic coal shortage, Coal imports

RInfra bags Rs 36.4 billion contract for thermal power plant in Tamil Nadu

February 2018

Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has recently won a Rs 36.4 billion contract from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) for w...

Tags: Reliance Infrastructure, TANGEDCO, Uppur Thermal Power Project, Flue Gas Desulphurisation, NLC India, CFBC Thermal Power Project, power sector